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TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

International Relations DepartmentInternational Project Management

Turkish Statistical System

Workshop on 2008 SNA and GFSM for EECCA and SEE Countries

20-22 November 2013 İstanbul - Turkey

Alper GÜCÜMENGİL Head of International

Project Management

Group

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Content of Presentation

Part I: Features of Turkish Statistical System

• Vision and Mission• Main Principles• Legal basis• Statistical Council• Official Statistics Programme• Protocols• National Data Release Calendar

Part II: International Cooperation Activities

• Participation in EU financed programmes• EU Negotiations – Chapter 18 Statistics • Chapter 18: Closing Benchmarks• International Cooperation Goals & Activities• Projects supported by TurkStat



PART I: Features of Turkish Statistical

System



Turkish Statistical System

A centralized system with specific task distribution to other institutions.

TurkStat is the main actor of Turkish Statistical System and organized under the Ministry of Development.

Other actors are Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Undersecretariat of Treasury and other Ministries and Institutions having administrative registers or databases serving statistical purposes.



Turkish Statistical System (Cont’d)



Vision and Mission

Our VisionTo establish a user-focused and sustainablestatistical system based on international standards.

Our MissionTo produce and disseminate statistics which are qualified, timely, reliable, objective and consistent with the international standards respond to the requirements and priorities of national and international users, and to provide co-ordination between the public institutions involved in the production process of official statistics.



Strategic Objectives

• Production of statistics based on international standards.1

• Improvement of institutional capacity and increasing productivity.2

• Improvement of organizational effectiveness by strengthening the role of cooperation and coordination capacity of the institution.3



Main Principles Professional Independence User-Orientedness Comparability Impartiality Timeliness Accessibility Confidentiality of Individual Data Professional Expertise Reliability Coherence Transparency Up-to-Dateness Scientificity



Legal Basis

Statistics Law of Turkey, Articles Specifying Coordination Article 4: Principles of Official Statistics Programme (OSP) Article 5: OSP Implementation Principles Article 6: OSP Implementation Authorities Article 7: Requesting Information, Verifying the

Accuracy of Information, Controlling and Storing Article 8: Obligation to Respond and Boundaries Article 9: Access to Administrative Data Article 10: National Register Systems Article 11: Classifications Article 54: Administrative Fines



Legal Basis (Cont’d)

Regulations Regulation on Statistical Council Regulation on Procedure and Principles of Data Confidentiality and

Confidential Data Security in Official Statistics Regulation on Foundation of Data Quality Control

Board and its Working Procedure and Principles

Directives Directive on the Formation of Official Statistics

Programme Working Groups and WorkingProcedures



Statistical Council Article 20 of the Law

Advises on the preparation, implementation, development and functions of the official statistics.

Determines and evaluates needs for official statistics and to carry out studies for future works.

Composition of Statistical Council Public authorities Academicians Professional associations Non-governmental organizations

Meeting Frequency and Organization Statistical Council meets at least once a year. It is an advisory body of the Turkish Statistical System.



Official Statistics Programme Establishes a framework for official statistics. Drafted by TurkStat, adopted by Council of Ministers. States the objectives, coverage, methods, frequency, work plan and

dissemination principles. Defines the duties and authorities of the institutions and organizations

regarding the compilation, evaluation and publication of data. Second implementation period started in 2012 and covers 2012-2016.

First period was in 2007-2011.

Statistical Infrastructure Social and Demographic Statistics Macroeconomic Statistics Business Statistics Agricultural Statistics Environmental Statistics



Official Statistics Programme (Cont’d)

Official Statistics Programme Working Groups Meets throughout the year by the participation of;

TurkStat staff, Producers of official statistics, Representatives of non-governmental organizations, Academicians, media and private sector representatives.

There are 50 working groups within the OSP. 553 persons participated in the 55 meetings, held in 2012. Objectives of the working groups are;

To ensure the completion/validation of missing data of EU/International publications, reports and web sites.

To make an inventory of administrative records within Turkish Statistical System (through a questionnaire prepared by TurkStat).

To give advice on methods, classification, etc.



Official Statistics Programme (Cont’d)Official Statistics Programme Working Group Meetings

TYPE OF INSTITUTION NUMBER OF UNITS PARTICIPATED PERSONS

MINISTRIES AND SUBSIDIARIES 172

468

OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 19

NGOs AND PRESS 67 61

UNIVERSITIES 19 24

TOTAL 277 553



Protocols Article 7-10 ensures a clear and broad legal mandate to TurkStat in terms

of data collection and access to administrative registers. Protocols are also in place with public authorities, universities,

professional associations, non-governmental organizations. For instance,

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock(Agricultural Holdings Register)

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey(Consumer Tendency Survey)

İzmir Development Agency(Impact Analysis Research)

Ministry of Culture and Tourism(Household Domestic Tourism Survey)

Higher Education Council(National Education Statistics)



National Data Release Calendar

Prepared by TurkStat in close coordination with stakeholders, and published regularly each year since 2007.

Publication dates and times of official statistics are announced in advance so that decision-makers and users could be informed timely.

Main tool indicating the name of the news release, release date, period and responsible institution.



National Data Release Calendar (Cont’d)

Press Release /Publications

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Daily 753 759 747 758 787

Weekly 364 416 414 467 467

Monthly 696 756 764 759 801

Quarterly 120 136 164 152 166

Biannually 4 8 10 4 7

Annuallly 196 151 152 145 175

Total 2133 2226 2251 2285 2403

Press Releases/Publications Disseminated in the Context of OSP by Years


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PART II:International Cooperation

Activities in TurkStat

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• Turkey’s EU candidacy in 1999 - a breakpoint in TurkStat for Capacity Building efforts

• Setting priority to EU membership.

• Interaction with Eurostat and Global Assessment Exercise in 2002.

• Participation in Eurostat’s workshops, meetings and training courses

• Initiation of EU financed programmes

• Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey Programme (started in 2003)

Participation in EU Financed Programmes



Main Inputs under EU Programmes • The total budget of the completed programmes=25 Million Euro (app.).

• Several data collection projects in order to bring selected statistical surveys up to EU standards by field testing their new methodologies

• The consultancy service of ~10000 Working Days

• Provision of hardware and software

• App. 5500 participants attended to 1800 international and local activities such as study visits, training courses, meetings, conferences and traineeships.

• Language Training (English): 210 TurkStat staff and the staff of other Ministries within Turkish Statistical System (TSS).

• Translation of 8000 pages of EU legislation and methodology

• Technical assistance to 12 Ministries within TSS (namely main data providers)

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Main Results of EU Programmes Supported the efforts of EU Compliance Process

• A statistical Law setting the basis of reform of Turkish Statistical System launched in 2005.

• Re-structuring of Regional Offices according NUTS levels.• Beginning of Strategic Planning• Official Statistics Programme and Statistics Council

Increased knowledge of TurkStat experts on major areas of official statistics via service contracts and training grants.

Cooperation and coordination between TurkStat and main data providers enhanced.

Provision of tailor-made expertise and consultancy activities through the Programme improved the statistical methodology.

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EU Negotiation Process

• Turkey’s Negotiation process started on 20 October 2005 about 33 chapters.

• TurkStat has been the responsible institution for Chapter 18 – Statistics.

• Chapter 18 opened for Negotiations in June 2007 with two closing criteria: National Accounts & Agricultural Statistics

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Chapter 18: Closing Benchmarks

Benchmark on agriculture statistics data and methodology addresses three main issues:

– Setting up the farm register– Submission of statistics– Detailed description of the methodology and

organization for compiling data.

Benchmark on national accounts data and methodology addresses two main issues:

– Submission of national accounts datasets– Detailed description of the methodologies used

to compile these data

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International Cooperation Goals

• To contribute to the sustainable statistical capacity

building of partner countries

• To share our experiences and knowledge gained

through EU accession process

• To strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations

within statistical community

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International Cooperation ActivitiesCompleted Programs

– Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,

Turkmenistan (1994-2003)– Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-1999) ve (2002-2004)– Mongolia (1998-1999) and (2005-2009)– Macedonia (1997-2001)– Georgia(1997-1998) and (2001-2004)– Kazakhstan (2005-2009)– Kyrgyzstan (2006-2007)– Turkmenistan (2008-2010)– Tajikistan (2007-2010)– Moldovo (2010-2011)



On-going activities:– Azerbaijan– Turkmenistan – Palestin– Tajikistan – Afghanistan – Kazakhstan – Tunusia– Mongolia– Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus– Iran– ECO Member Countries– OIC Countries– International Organizations

International Cooperation Activities (cont.)



Strengthening the Statistical System Of Kazakhistan Statistical Office

Consortium leader: Federal Statistical Office of GermanyFinanced by: World Bank Duration: Project started by October 2012’ and will last in 55 months.

TurkStat provides consultancy and hosts study visits under this project

Projects supported by TurkStat

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Strengthening the Statistical System Of Afghanistan Statistical Office

Consortium leader: GIZ Gmbh GermanyFinanced by: World Bank Duration: Project started by March 2013 and will last in 4 years.

TurkStat provides concultancy and hosts study visits under this project as a consortium member.

Projects supported by TurkStat

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